Ever read about a place and decided you HAVE to go there?

Well, that's how I felt about Osteria Zi'Umberto in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome.

It all started back in Richmond, Virginia where I tried bucatini al'amatriciana for the first time at Mama Zu's and was hooked. It's a simple pasta with tomatoes, pecorino cheese, wine and guanciale, but oh so delizioso!  I honestly hadn't found a place to make this pasta as good as Mama Zu's until we went to Zi' Umberto's.

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